Also known as ETE Locality 1353, "Gebel Silsila XIII,Sector 4", "Gabal Silsila XIII, Sector 4", "KomOmbo-GSXIII,Sec4",
Where: Kom Ombo Plain, Egypt (24.5° N, 33.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° N, 32.9° E)
When: Darau Member (Gebel Silsila-YCS Formation), Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "From ash,Mound H,Menchian Industry" radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: siltstone
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 973, ; ETE museum list: ROM: Royal Ontario Museum
Primary reference: C. S. Churcher and P.E.L. Smith. 1972. Kom Ombo: Preliminary Report on the Fauna of Late Paleolithic Sites in Upper Egypt. Science 177:259-261 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 22518: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.04.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest |